Khrushchev Arrives in L.A.!

Four tiers of scaffolding are set up for photographers and TV cameras, which are already in place. Khrushchev's travels required three aircraft: One for the Soviet leader and his entourage, another carrying the press and a third hauling luggage, The Times said.

Photograph by the Los Angeles Police Department

Reporters and observers (is that Paul Coates on the left?) stand along a chain-link fence, separated from the U.S. military plane carrying Khrushchev and his entourage. Because the State Department failed to send press credentials to Los Angeles in time, only reporters with LAPD press passes were admitted, the Mirror-News reported.

Photograph by the Los Angeles Police Department

Police Chief William H. Parker, center-right, inspects the Cadillac Fleetwood limousine that will carry Khrushchev to Twentieth Century Fox studios for lunch. The Cadillac (note the whip antenna on the rear bumper) was replaced with a Chrysler Imperial for Khrushchev's trip to the Ambassador Hotel.

Photograph by the Los Angeles Police Department

With a row of officers lining the interior perimeter, a Chevrolet station wagon leads the plane carrying Khrushchev to the reception area. The aircraft is now at the Museum of Flight south of downtown Seattle.

Photograph by Art Rogers / Los Angeles Times

Nina Khrushchev receives a bouquet of bird of paradise, the official flower of Los Angeles.